She would bottom out and then, in the morning, they'd start the long climb back.

The village was four miles away, the walk back a long climb in the sun.

I picked him up again for the long climb ahead.

On the subject of change, it was the kind that a 16-year-old with a long climb ahead could believe in.

The girls wanted a little more rest after their long climb, and were quite content to be left.

After that no one had much to say until the long climb down was over.

They must have made much better time than him on the long climb from the dark heart of the mountain.

There had been hard work followed by a long climb.

At last, after a long climb, they came to another door.

It was a long climb, and the distance between the men began to increase.